title: [Etiology of congenital cataract--clinical observations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the etiologic factors of the congenital cataract.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors analyzed 49 cases of congenital cataract in patients hospitalized at Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital in Lódź. The diagnostic procedures were based on own multiprofile algorithm which included natural history, complete ophthalmologic examination, metabolic, cytogenetic and serologic investigation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four groups of patients were established depending on the nature of the etiologic factors: metabolic, familial and/or genetic, environmental and unknown.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Etiology of more than one half of the analyzed patients was found and specific treatment was possible in some cases.
authors.affiliation: Oddziału Okulistyki Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki w Lodzi.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niwald
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grałek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czajkowski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bogorodzki
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014314:Trisomy
vernacular_title: Etiologia zaćmy wrodzonej--obserwacje kliniczne.